tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post6905183506664714164..comments2024-03-13T06:04:12.643+00:00Comments on Thoughts Of A Workshy Fop: Miracleman Book 3: Olympus (#11-16)varalys the darkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-39255709222280745872016-02-13T17:40:58.807+00:002016-02-13T17:40:58.807+00:00I like the Star Trek approach. Have replicators m...I like the Star Trek approach. Have replicators materialise stuff you need and then have the waste disintegrated. Nice and clean and no exploitation.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-68045553301308237542016-02-13T17:09:56.623+00:002016-02-13T17:09:56.623+00:00I think that in the Culture waste is dealt with by...I think that in the Culture waste is dealt with by machines that are advanced enough to eliminate all rubbish, but unintelligent enough for their use not to count as slavery.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-60494032409492617362016-02-13T17:07:31.256+00:002016-02-13T17:07:31.256+00:00I can't remember who said it but someone point...I can't remember who said it but someone pointed out even in Utopia, someone still has to deal with the bins. Of course insanely advanced technology would hopefully give us personal recycling machines or something...varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-143252762493325202016-02-13T16:25:44.240+00:002016-02-13T16:25:44.240+00:00That's part of what Iain M. Banks' Culture...That's part of what Iain M. Banks' Culture books depict: the mechanics of Utopia. No superheroes required, just insanely advanced technology which is probably millennia away from our grasp (if climate change doesn't fry us all first).Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-20108500003541784292016-02-13T16:22:31.431+00:002016-02-13T16:22:31.431+00:00If everyone is superpowered I guess we wouldn'...If everyone is superpowered I guess we wouldn't need aeroplanes anymore. I dunno, I'm looking forward to reading the Neil Gaiman Miraclemans now which are set within this new Utopia, maybe we'll see how it would work from day to day.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-13182652263991033532016-02-13T16:19:22.079+00:002016-02-13T16:19:22.079+00:00Only if I were certain that I wouldn't crash i...Only if I were certain that I wouldn't crash into any aeroplanes.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-88917131360746551102016-02-13T16:18:09.980+00:002016-02-13T16:18:09.980+00:00Yeah but being able to fly at least would be aweso...Yeah but being able to fly at least would be awesome. You'd do that wouldn't you?varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-72302486558157154202016-02-13T12:36:11.543+00:002016-02-13T12:36:11.543+00:00I don't do much with my body at the moment, so...I don't do much with my body at the moment, so giving me a superpowered one would be kind of pointless, like giving Jeremy Corbyn a Lamborghini MurciƩlago. Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-13225897983355714372016-02-12T16:36:11.715+00:002016-02-12T16:36:11.715+00:00Yes, the editing of the n-word is an odd choice be...Yes, the editing of the n-word is an odd choice because it's so incredibly obviously what's been edited. And it's not like kids are going to be reading it hopefully, they'd be bored by the poetry and the violence and sexual violence is totally inappropriate so who is being protected?<br /><br />Technologically I think we definitely are in a Utopia, I wish I could get a superpowered bod though!varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-6808989857196516322016-02-12T13:53:50.634+00:002016-02-12T13:53:50.634+00:00Wait, is it okay to imply that people are being ra...Wait, is it okay to imply that people are being raped but not okay to imply that Kid Miracleman is a racist? Americans are strange. They're never going to defeat racism by pretending that it doesn't exist.<br /><br />I'd interpret the battle in a rationalist, materialist sort of way. Or maybe I'd just agree with someone else who did that, because I don't have any initiative.<br /><br />I think I'm already living in Miracleman's utopia.Lucy McGoughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11343777122050849475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-54521232156161383772016-02-03T10:51:53.515+00:002016-02-03T10:51:53.515+00:00Ha, I must admit I do like The Avengers film still...Ha, I must admit I do like The Avengers film still, showing all the collateral damage would have been something of a downer for a fun film. The artist John Totleben was the co-artist on Alan Moore's Swamp Thing run and drew the definitive DC Hell during that time. If you're into his art here, check out the Alan Moore Swamp Thing trades, they are my Desert Island comics.varalys the darkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17032083859598898676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2243012679315072030.post-8404113015374233452016-02-03T09:43:13.290+00:002016-02-03T09:43:13.290+00:00so no going for shawarma after that battle then? j...so no going for shawarma after that battle then? j/k! seriously though this looks awesome, that scene of the battle is especially amazing, shame about the rapes though.G.noreply@blogger.com